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Should I ship a Horror Automobile Sim?
Automobile Sim + Horror
Only 10 developers shipped a Horror Automobile Sim in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Le Mans Ultimate, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×5.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $4.0k against a market of $1.5k. 20 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) |
| Top 25% | $70k (exactly $70,153) |
| Top 5% | $18M (exactly $18,077,080) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 36 |
| Announced | 20 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 55% on the market, supply 35% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Automobile Sim
- effort 7 / 10 · low · tyre, suspension and drivetrain simulation
- Horror
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Automobile Sim
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 33,238 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $2.1k. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Automobile Sim with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Split ScreenStrong odds
- + Artificial IntelligenceFair
- + ZombiesFair
- + IdlerFair
- + LogicFair
- + Multiple EndingsLong shot
- + Score AttackLong shot
- + ArcadeLong shot
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
- + BuildingPoor odds
Comparable games
The Long Drive 2019 · EA · $24M 
Le Mans Ultimate 2025 · $18M 
Drive Beyond Horizons 2025 · EA · $13M 
FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction 2011 · $1.1M 
World of Subways 4 – New York Line 7 2015 · $181k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Long Drive | · EA older | $15.99 | 50,184 88% | 1.5M | $24M (exactly $24,073,265) | Genesz |
| | Le Mans Ultimate | $39.99 | 15,068 79% | 452k | $18M (exactly $18,077,080) | Studio 397 | |
| | Drive Beyond Horizons | · EA | $24.99 | 17,903 77% | 537k | $13M (exactly $13,421,879) | Drive Beyond Horizons |
| | FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction | older | $9.99 | 3,672 17% | 110k | $1.1M (exactly $1,100,498) | Team 6 Studios |
| | World of Subways 4 – New York Line 7 | older | $19.99 | 302 70% | 9.1k | $181k (exactly $181,109) | TML-Studios |
 | World of Subways 2 – Berlin Line 7 | older | $14.99 | 301 75% | 9.0k | $135k (exactly $135,360) | TML-Studios |
 | SIMULACRA 3 | older | $9.99 | 328 56% | 9.8k | $98k (exactly $98,302) | Kaigan Games |
 | Nightmare Drive | · EA | $14.99 | 156 78% | 4.7k | $70k (exactly $70,153) | Voidfiller |
 | New York Bus Simulator | older | $9.99 | 99 49% | 3.0k | $30k (exactly $29,670) | TML-Studios |
 | GAI Stops Auto: Right Version Simulator | older | $2.99 | 287 85% | 8.6k | $26k (exactly $25,744) | Axyos Games, Feas |
 | Sonar Scout | $5.99 | 26 100% | 780 | $4.7k (exactly $4,672) | Dan Schumacher, Hjalte Tagmose, Neil Do… (Dan Schumacher, Hjalte Tagmose, Neil Doppelmayr, Christoph Englert, Pontus Liljekvist, Hugo Roque) | |
 | Into the End (of the World) | · EA | $14.99 | 9 55% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | RabbiX Games |
 | The Vanishing Train | ワンマン列車 | $2.99 | 42 66% | 1.3k | $3.8k (exactly $3,767) | RAYBIS GAMES | |
 | 5番線おじさん救出編 Platform 5 Dungeons | $4.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $2.1k (exactly $2,096) | MFC STUDIO, KOSEI YASUDA, SHINISE GAMES | |
 | 4番線 | Platform 4 | $4.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $1.9k (exactly $1,946) | MFC STUDIO, KOSEI YASUDA | |
 | 8th Avenue | $4.99 | 6 50% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | No Mad Studio | |
 | Lawnmower Game Horrorland | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Tero Lunkka, Valkeala Software |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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